Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Friday, March 15, 2002 5 CDs I listened to at work this weekI listened to a bunch of CDs at work this week. Sometimes when work is stressful I put on my headphones and listen to some music. Just having headphones on makes it feel like I'm a bit cut off from the stress. Here are five of the CDs I listened to this week:U2. I'm not sure what the album is called, but the second track is "Stuck in a moment you can't get out of." Hearing that song reminds me of the Olympics. That particular song was played a couple of times a day at the Soldier Hollow cross-country ski venue. Jakob Hellman. A blurb on the cover of the CD describes it as the best Swedish pop album of all time! I'm not sure if that is true (and I'm not sure if that is saying much), but the CD is very good. Hellman was popular when I was living in Stockholm. As far as I can tell, he released a CD in 1989 and hasn't released another one since. Too bad. I like his stuff. You can listen here. I like Vackert Vader, Vinten Dor, and Du Ar Allt Jag Vill Har. Getz and Gilberto. This is a classic album. It is old (released in 1963). It is good. Here is a wierd quote about it I found on the internet: "This music is like a pleasantly warm bath whose water is perfumed with essential oil, or like a mild summer night bathed in golden moonlight. The songs, all of them now classics in their own right, are filled with the joy of life, peace and harmony. What more can one possibly desire." Everyone is familiar with the big hit from Getz and Gilberto -- The Girl From Ipanema. Grandmaster Flash. I've got a "best of" CD with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five. Rollingstone.com describes them as "one of the best-known rap groups of the early '80s." Listening to the CD always reminds me of high school; listening to KJHK while developing film in the high school newspaper's darkroom. I'm not sure if lyrics like, "dont' push me cause I'm close to the edge," are the best way to relax from stress on the job (from The Message). X. X is another band I listened to when I was in high school and/or college. I guessed I'd describe X as pop with some punk roots. I'm not really sure. I like a lot of their stuff. Check out 4th of July, The Hungry Wolf, and I'll Stand Up For You to get a good sense of what X sounds like. posted by Michael | 7:41 PM 
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